"A Human Being Taken in Payment for a College"

"A Human Being Taken in Payment for a College"

Anderson, Joe
Mars Hill College--History
Slavery

This undated manuscript by Mary Johnston Avery tells the story of Joe Anderson being taken as payment for a Mars Hill College construction debt and follows the story to the 1932 dedication of a monument to Mr. Anderson.

Mary Johnston Avery

Mars Hill College Records - A, Box 1

Southern Appalachian Archives, Liston B. Ramsey Center for Appalachian Studies, Mars Hill University

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Mars Hill, North Carolina

Manuscript